The Political Economy of the Tariff Cycle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3576239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Cassing (0000-0002-9449-9548, University of Pittsburgh), Timothy J Mckeown (0000-0002-3947-3409, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Jack Ochs (University of Pittsburgh) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 843-862 |
| Publication date | 1986-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1960541 |
| OpenAlex | W2000536403 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 28 |
How can protectionism and "free" trade succeed one another? Our answer focuses on the changing balance of private actors' political demands. These actors acquire interests in tariff policies because their assets are spatially concentrated, and trade in these assets is subject to various limitations. Actors in regions experiencing no new investment in an established industry ("old" regions) have interests that sometimes differ from those in regions where there is new investment. We show that old regions have no reason to be involved in tariff politics at business cycle peaks; during troughs, whether a state becomes more or less protectionist depends, ceteris paribus, on the relative political strength of old import-competing and old exporting interests. If old import-competing industries outweigh the old exporters, then protection will tend to increase at the trough and decrease at the peak of a business cycle; the opposite result occurs when old exporters are more influential
Balance (ability · Business cycle · Ceteris paribus · Economics · International economics · International trade · Investment (military · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Protectionism · Tariff · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Global trade and economics · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization
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International Political Economy
Open economy politics
Economic growth and tariff levels in the United States
Interindustry Goods Market Networks and Industry Lobbying for Trade Policy
When nationalism meets continentalism
The dollar and the demand for protection
Compliance with international trade regime norms and the effects of regime change
Institutional determinants of trade policy
Over the long horizon
Competing interests and technology policies
The Review 's Evolving Relevance for U.S. Foreign Policy 1906–2006
Public employees in political firms
The motivating and mobilizing effects of inequality on civil conflict
Tariffs and Growth in the Late 19th Century
Multilateralism's Life Cycle
What Happened to Fortress Europe
Economic Integration and Mass Politics
Integrating Western and Eastern European Markets
Trade Politics Is Local Politics
Quiet Influence
USTR's Implementation of 301 Policy in the Pacific
The Complexity of Interdependence
A Liberal Trade Order? The Long-Run Pattern of Imports to the Advanced Capitalist States
Foreign direct investment and the demand for protection in the United States
Positive Feedback
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Understanding International Trade Policies
Domestic Political Preconditions of US Trade Policy
The Repercussions of Realignment
Taxation and the political economy of the tariff
Voting for protection
Exchange Rates and Industry Demands for Trade Protection
The Concentration of Capabilities and International Trade
Trade as a strategic weapon
Selection and Influence
Superpower Politics
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The Political Economy of International Trade
Party Discipline as a Determinant of the Endogenous Formation of Tariffs
Unemployment, Collective Bargaining, and the Demand for Protection
Endogenous Tariff Theory
The Politics of Corn Law Repeal and Theories of Commercial Policy
What Do Producers Want? On the Origins of Societal Policy Preferences
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Candidates and Policy in United States Senate Elections
Optimal Obfuscation
The International Trade Commission and the Politics of Protectionism
Special Interest Protectionism and the Antebellum Woolen Textile Industry
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Protection and Real Wages
An Exchange Theory of Interest Groups
International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle
The Rise and Decline of Nations
The Rise and Decline of Nations
Pressure Groups and the Pattern of Tariffs
The Determinants of Tariff and Nontariff Trade Restrictions in the United States
Issues in International Economics
State Power and the Structure of International Trade
American Business, Public Policy, Case-Studies, and Political Theory
Firms and Tariff Regime Change
Hockey Helmets, Concealed Weapons, and Daylight Saving
The management of surplus capacity
Tariff protection in developed and developing countries
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| Unique citing works | 49 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,23 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2025 (40) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 48 |